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- From: k044477@hobbes.kzoo.edu (Jamie R. McCarthy)
- Subject: Re: Curves in QuickDraw GX
- Message-ID: <1993Jan1.012608.5403@hobbes.kzoo.edu>
- Organization: Kalamazoo College
- References: <Bzp7x4.90D@iat.holonet.net> <ksand-301292141154@wintermute.apple.com> <1992Dec31.224923.15838@eng.umd.edu>
- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 01:26:08 GMT
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- russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto) writes:
- >ksand@apple.com (Kent Sandvik ) writes:
- >>
- >>[Why is QuickDraw GX written entirely in C?]
- >>Well, concerning a PowerPC port it makes sense, because asm is no-no
- >>or 'if-you-really-need-it' option on this platform.
- >
- >Uhhh.... why?
-
- Because the PowerPC will run on a different processor, and the Toolbox
- will be written in the native code for that processor. If Apple writes
- it in assembly, they have to write it (and debug it) twice.
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- the banner of Chaos against the forces of Order." - R. Zelazny
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